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Hum All Your Troubles Away

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Pianist Adam Swanson is a 3-time winner of the World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest and Danny Coots is a Grammy-winning drummer. Together, they invite you to "Hum All Your Troubles Away" in a program of rags, blues, novelties, boogie-woogie, and popular songs spanning the twentieth century. From their unique take on Joplin's immortal "Maple Leaf Rag" to rare discoveries never before recorded to 1930s song and filmusical favorites to Ian Whitcomb's moody and haunting "Dreams of Old L.A.," here are 76 minutes of tuneful gems guaranteed to put a smile on your face and some rhythm in your feet. The disc includes a deluxe 16-page color booklet with rare photographs, sheet music covers, and detailed notes by Adam Swanson.

Rivermont catalogue number: BSW-2232 (Audio CD)

Track list:

1.

Maple Leaf Rag

2.

Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)

3.

The Cootie Crawl

4.

Hum All Your Troubles Away

5.

French Pastry Rag

6.

Texas Blues

7.

Rainbow on the River

8.

When the Sun Goes Down in Dixie (And the Moon Begins to Rise)

9.

King Chanticleer

10.

Memphis Blues

11.

Chicago Flyer

12.

I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling

13.

Alexander's Ragtime Band

14.

St. Louis Blues

15.

Blue Is the Evening

16.

Heart-Ache Blues

17.

Medley: Yellow Dog Blues / I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone

18.

Slightly Fantastic

19.

Medley: Love Letters in the Sand / In the Doorway (Where We Used to Kiss Goodnight)

20.

Medley: The Cop on the Beat, the Man in the Moon, and Me / Until the Real Thing Comes Along